According to this AP report, the city of Aliso Viejo, California nearly banned styrofoam cups after learning that dihydrogenmonoxide is used in their manufacture on the grounds that dihydrogenmonoxide is a substance that could "threaten human health and safety".

The fact that "dihydrogenmonoxide" refers to water is not a fact that they should have learned in science classes because scientists don't normally refer to water that way.

The result is that, on hearing "dihydrogenmonoxide" they don't even try to translate it into a chemical formula because they don't realize that there is a procedure for such translations, or if they do know, they don't remember how to do it.

Dihydrogenmonoxide is a real chemical compound and everything written about it above is absolutely true.

The term "dihydrogenmonoxide" refers to the chemical bonding of two (di) hydrogen (H) atoms to one (mono) oxygen (O) atom.

Among the reasons cited for the ban was the fact that dihydrogenmonoxide is used extensively in the manufacturing process and is known to "threaten human health and safety." After learning they'd fallen for a hoax, officials pulled their proposal off the agenda.

Dihydrogenmonoxide is a colorless, odorless, tasteless substance that kills uncounted thousands of people every year.

Dihydrogenmonoxide is also known as hydroxyl acid, and is the major component of acid rain.

Despite the danger, dihydrogenmonoxide is often used as an industrial solvent and coolant, in nuclear power plants, in the production of styrofoam, as a fire suppressant, in many forms of cruel animal research, as well as in pesticides.

Before I was able to determine if DihydrogenMonoxide (DHMO) should be banned from use or not, I had to find out what exactly DHMO was.

DihydrogenMonoxide, also known as Dihydrogen Oxide, Hydrogen Hydroxide, Hydronium Hydroxide, or simply Hydric acid, is a colorless, odorless and tasteless chemical compound.

I don't know if the people of those sites that want to ban DihydrogenMonoxide are actually serious, but just because something has many dangers and hazards associated with it, it can also be essential for life.

And it got worse: dihydrogenmonoxide is lethal if inhaled, causes severe burns in its gaseous state, and is the major component in acid rain.

The perils of dihydrogenmonoxide have been ignored until now largely because it is better known by its common name: water.

The dihydrogenmonoxide hoax is the result of a collaboration between the two prime suspects: a zealously concerned paralegal faced with an authoritative-looking spoof scientific website, dhmo.org, home to the DihydrogenMonoxide Research Division.

At a ceremony at UC Davis, he christened Station #1 on the DihydrogenMonoxide Highway by pumping twelve gallons into a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle at the pump.

Dihydrogenmonoxide has recently been a subject of public scrutiny in California due to its associated health hazards.

The goal of the initiative is to support an early network of 150 to 200 dihydrogenmonoxide fueling stations throughout California (approximately one station every 20 miles on the state's major highways), which would make the fuel available to the vast majority of Californians.

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ALISO VIEJO - City officials were so concerned about the potentially dangerous properties of dihydrogenmonoxide that they considered banning foam cups after they learned the chemical was used in their production.

Then they learned that dihydrogenmonoxide -- H2O for short -- is the scientific term for water.

The chemical compound dihydrogenmonoxide (or DHMO) has been implicated in the deaths of thousands of Americans every year, mainly through accidental ingestion.

In the end, 43 students, or 86 percent of the sample, "voted to ban dihydrogenmonoxide because it has caused too many deaths," wrote Nathan in the conclusion to his project, adding that he "was appalled that my peers were so easily misled.

In a land where technical ignorance reigns and susceptibility to Zohnerisms is high, it's the duty of politicians, journalists and scientists to present facts responsibly and in context.

The chemical compound dihydrogenmonoxide (or DHMO) has been implicated in the deaths of thousands of Americans every year, mainly through accidental ingestion.

Nathan distributed a tongue-in cheek report that had been kicking around the Internet, "DihydrogenMonoxide: The Unrecognized Killer" (from which the quotes above are drawn), to 50 of his classmates.

In the end, 43 students, or 86 percent of the sample, voted to ban dihydrogenmonoxide because it has caused too many deaths," wrote Nathan in the conclusion to his project, adding that he "was appalled that my peers were so easily misled....

If I want to make you believe that a substance or a therapy is very bad for you, I can always find a lot of "data" that support my claim, and you, after reading my article, are left believing that the therapy is really very bad and very dangerous.

Dihydrogenmonoxide is also known as hydroxl acid, and is the major component of acid rain.

Significant quantities of dihydrogenmonoxide have been found in almost every stream, lake, and reservoir in America today.

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Dihydrogenmonoxide is an inorganic compound which poses significant environmental dangers.

The causative link between DihydrogenMonoxide (DHMO) and Cancer is currently not established, although a significant amount of evidence seems to suggest that DHMO at least plays a role in the formation of cancer, including:

What is known about these cancers is that DihydrogenMonoxide is found in detectable and biologically significant levels in virtually all tumors and other cancerous and pre-cancerous growths.

DihydrogenMonoxide is not believed to be carcinogenic, although it is known to be a component of a number of cancer-causing agents.

You may have heard someone railing about the dangers of dihyrogen monoxide, how widespread and insidious it is. If you don’t have any training in chemistry, or even if you’re rusty on that subject, you might even feel a bit alarmed for a moment.

The chemical composition of dihydrogenmonoxide is 2 hydrogen atoms to one oxygen.

Maybe the next time somebody is trying to warn you about the dangers of dihydrogenmonoxide, you should just pour a glass of water over their heads.

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"DihydrogenMonoxide (DHMO) is perhaps the single most prevalent of all chemicals that can be dangerous to human life.

Despite this truth, most people are not unduly concerned about the dangers of DihydrogenMonoxide.

Governments, civic leaders, corporations, military organizations, and citizens in every walk of life seem to either be ignorant of or shrug off the truth about DihydrogenMonoxide as not being applicable to them.

The following research reports are provided by the DihydrogenMonoxide Research Division as an information resource to the general public, educators, elected representatives, community groups, safety advisors, and other researchers.

These results could indicate a different level of knowledge about DihydrogenMonoxide in Israel, or it could mean that public perception there is that DihydrogenMonoxide is less of a danger.

DihydrogenMonoxide is found in all forms of cancer, it is a major component of acid rain, if it is inhaled in its natural state it is often fatal, in gaseous form it causes severe burns.